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Lisa Murkowski: “If the minority leader were here, he would cite the specific differences. The Senator from Massachusetts can either…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2002
If the minority leader were here, he would cite the specific differences. The Senator from Massachusetts can either accept my explanation or not. But factually, what happened is that the committee was forbidden to address any business before the committee. So we have not had any markups. We have not had opportunities to offer amendments. That did not occur in the Commerce Committee. You had a process. He finally pulled it. It did not occur in the Finance Committee because he finally pulled it. But in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee we were simply forbidden, and that was it.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the lack of committee markups and amendments in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

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